Abhijit Banerjee In Bengal

The BJP, on Wednesday, issued a show-cause notice to Abhijit Das a.k.a. Bobby, who was the party candidate from Diamond Harbour against Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee in the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls.

Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress has been up in arms against a controversial comment by High Court judge-turned-politician Abhijit Gangopadhyay that targets Mamata Banerjee.

Banerjee, who heads West Bengal's Global Advisory Board (GAB) and advises the state government on issues related to the pandemic, said that boosting the state's economy is directly related to the revival of the country's economy

Testing for COVID-19 in Bengal must be increased and a reporting structure put in place, said Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee today. The 59-year-old economist has become part of the "Global Advisory Board" formed by Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to counter the blow to the economy as a fallout of the coronavirus outbreak.

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today declared that she was roping in Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee to help the state out of the coronavirus-induced slump. Bengal so far has seen a limited number of cases. Bengal has less than 100 cases, but the 21-day lockdown announced by the Centre is expected to take its toll on the cash-strapped state.

Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar said today that he is still in shock about yesterday's students' protest at the Calcutta University function meant to award an honourary degree to Nobel laureate Abhijeet Banerjee. The protests kept him cooped up in a room for 30 minutes and forced him to leave without getting anywhere near the stage.

Nobel laureate Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee Tuesday said several schemes run by the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal are "interesting" and he will study them before taking a decision on the chief minister's offer to work together.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said her government is committed to alleviating poverty and the theory by Nobel laureate Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee on it will go a long way in helping the poor.

Nobel winner Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee's economist mother Professor Nirmala Banerjee, in an hour long 'adda' with Mamata Banerjee this afternoon told the chief minister she must create greater awareness about her government's interventions to alleviate poverty in West Bengal among potential beneficiaries and the general public so they could make inf...

Murshidabad district in West Bengal is turning into a political slugfest with an ugly personal twist. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has held at least four meetings in the district in the last three days, attacked Congress parliamentarian and its candidate from Berhampore, Adhir Chaudhury, saying, "He has not even acknowledged his first wife i...

Polling began for six Lok Sabha seats in the second phase of the elections in West Bengal today.

A former minister in Bengal who belongs to the Left has apologised for his shocking comments about the chief minister, Mamata Banerjee.

The BJP, on Wednesday, issued a show-cause notice to Abhijit Das a.k.a. Bobby, who was the party candidate from Diamond Harbour against Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee in the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls.

Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress has been up in arms against a controversial comment by High Court judge-turned-politician Abhijit Gangopadhyay that targets Mamata Banerjee.

Banerjee, who heads West Bengal's Global Advisory Board (GAB) and advises the state government on issues related to the pandemic, said that boosting the state's economy is directly related to the revival of the country's economy

Testing for COVID-19 in Bengal must be increased and a reporting structure put in place, said Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee today. The 59-year-old economist has become part of the "Global Advisory Board" formed by Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to counter the blow to the economy as a fallout of the coronavirus outbreak.

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today declared that she was roping in Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee to help the state out of the coronavirus-induced slump. Bengal so far has seen a limited number of cases. Bengal has less than 100 cases, but the 21-day lockdown announced by the Centre is expected to take its toll on the cash-strapped state.

Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar said today that he is still in shock about yesterday's students' protest at the Calcutta University function meant to award an honourary degree to Nobel laureate Abhijeet Banerjee. The protests kept him cooped up in a room for 30 minutes and forced him to leave without getting anywhere near the stage.

Nobel laureate Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee Tuesday said several schemes run by the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal are "interesting" and he will study them before taking a decision on the chief minister's offer to work together.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said her government is committed to alleviating poverty and the theory by Nobel laureate Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee on it will go a long way in helping the poor.

Nobel winner Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee's economist mother Professor Nirmala Banerjee, in an hour long 'adda' with Mamata Banerjee this afternoon told the chief minister she must create greater awareness about her government's interventions to alleviate poverty in West Bengal among potential beneficiaries and the general public so they could make inf...

Murshidabad district in West Bengal is turning into a political slugfest with an ugly personal twist. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has held at least four meetings in the district in the last three days, attacked Congress parliamentarian and its candidate from Berhampore, Adhir Chaudhury, saying, "He has not even acknowledged his first wife i...

Polling began for six Lok Sabha seats in the second phase of the elections in West Bengal today.

A former minister in Bengal who belongs to the Left has apologised for his shocking comments about the chief minister, Mamata Banerjee.